WHAT IS WALKING FOOTBALL

Walking football is a slow-paced version of the
beautiful game aimed at the "more mature" person
(with no upper age limit)

Rules

INTRODUCTION

Walking football was conceived in 2011 by the Chesterfield FC Community Trust, and is now very popular throughout the whole of Europe. It was introduced to the Algarve a couple of years ago, and there are now various teams and weekly sessions held along the whole width of the Algarve, with the occasional friendly tournament involving teams from both the Algarve and abroad.

Walking football is a minimal-contact sport, and anything other than brisk walking is penalised.
This makes it ideal for the "older" generation, with little risk of injury.

Anyone is welcome to any of the sessions we run; all the information you will need is on the website, or feel free to contact us should you need any further information.

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THE RULES

The English FA have now produced a set of rules for walking football that will be used in all the competitions organised by the FA. They also recommend their adoption by all organisers of walking football.

These rules and the rationale behind them can be found and downloaded from on the FA website here

As a club, we are currently playing under the following rules in Olhao and Tavira:

Three touches maximum
No height restriction
No blue card or sin bin
No tackling from behind in any shape or form.
All free kicks are direct

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